Deserted Villages Revisited

Deserted Villages Revisited
Author: Christopher Dyer
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781905313792

Assembling leading experts on the subject, this account explores the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of thousands of villages and smaller settlements in England and Wales between 1340 and 1750. By revisiting the deserted villages, this breakthrough study addresses questions that have plagued archaeologists, geographers, and historians since the 1940s--including why they were deserted, why some villages survived while others were abandoned, and who was responsible for their desertion--offering a series of exciting insights into the fate of these fascinating sites.

Deserted Medieval Villages

Deserted Medieval Villages
Author: Maurice Beresford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780718898120

Deserted Medieval Villages combines archaeological and historical expertise to produce a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the studies of deserted medieval villages. Including an extensive historical and archaeological review of the surge in mid-20th century research, J.G. Hurst's archaeological gazetteer of 290 sites, and analysis of Scottish, Welsh, and Irish sites, this book is an in-depth reference work. Updating Beresford's classic The Lost Medieval Villages of England, this book refreshes his historical research, considers the economic circumstances of desertion, and includes detailed maps, photographs and tables.

Deserted Villages

Deserted Villages
Author: Keith John Allison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1970
Genre: Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc
ISBN: